Women's Technology Empowerment Centre – W.TEC
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Our first virtual camp for girls tagged She Creates Next has come and gone. This was the 13th edition of W.TEC’s She Creates programme – a summer tech camp programme for girls which has inspired a new generation of tech savvy women. In this write up on the camp we highlight the progress made …
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Lagos, Nigeria – 1st September, 2020: W.TEC in making a case for more women in technology embarked on fact finding exercise to pool research findings facts to support the subject. Eventually a factsheet has been drawn up which clearly states why this is so. To this effect we urge you to look take a …
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Digital Generation Youth project consortium members from Nigeria, South Africa, Lithuania and The Netherlands gathered for an open online webinar. This time the concept of maker space was at the core of this webinar. Maker Spaces from Lithuania and Nigeria shared their tips and tricks on how to motivate children and young people to go hands-on and …
Covid transforming offline into online – W.TEC DGY Project Read More »
In 2019, W.TEC joined the Digital Generation Youth (DGY) project, which is aimed at developing new content, methods and activities to improve the quality of youth non-formal learning programmes. Through this project, organisations that work with young people in Nigeria, South Africa, Lithuania and the Netherlands will develop competences in delivering non-formal digital literacy and …
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Press Release Lagos, Nigeria – 10th August, 2020: The Women’s Technology Empowerment Centre – W.TEC recently held her first virtual camp tagged She Creates Next. The camp is the 13th edition of the She Creates Camp – a STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts & Maths) summer Camp for secondary school girls. The camp was …
W.TEC Holds Her first Virtual Camp for Girls – She Creates Next Camp Read More »
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The W.TEC Academy makes a big comeback with a series of new online classes. W.TEC Academy is an afterschool computer club for girls currently held in select secondary schools across Kwara and Ogun States. The programme, sponsored by Oracle had 500 girls enrolled for its weekly classes before the outbreak of the pandemic. The …
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Press Release: Lagos – Nigeria The Women’s Technology Empowerment Centre (W.TEC) is now accepting application for the 2020 W.TEC Early Innovators Virtual Camp, a 4 weeks camp, opened to girls and boys aged 5 to 10 years old, which teaches technology in a fun way and utilizes a hands-on and project-based methodology. The …
INTRODUCING THE 2020 W.TEC EARLY INNOVATORS – Virtual CAMP Read More »
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Press Release: Lagos, Nigeria The Women’s Technology Empowerment Centre (W.TEC) is excited to present the 2020 edition of her She Creates Camp for girls. The award-winning girls STEAM – camp (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts & Maths) is taking the summer experience to the next level with a virtual camp which promises to be …
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] MentorHer Programme: W.TEC’s MentorHer Programme is aimed at supporting young women studying STEM courses at the tertiary level, sharing important technical tips and life skills, which will be instrumental in helping them succeed as technology professionals. This mentoring programme will provide a platform for the young women to gain first-hand knowledge from experienced women …
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The Women’s Technology Empowerment Centre hosted her pioneer Make Her Space webinar to train young girls and women on Web design using Mobirise with no fee attached to it. The webinar which was held on Friday, 15th of May 2020, started with an introduction to web design where the 20 girls were exposed to …
